IP Valuation entity Lupercal reexam granted

On July 27, 2022, less than two months after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the USPTO granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,386,094, owned and asserted by Lupercal, LLC, an NPE and IP Valuation Partners entity. The '094 patent is generally directed to an image submission tool that can pre-process images prior to image upload based on pre-processing parameters received from a separate device and has previously been asserted against Ally Financial and BancorpSouth Bank.

View district court litigations by Lupercal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel David Seastrunk and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015043.

$3,000 for SurgeTech prior art

On July 30, 2022, a new PATROLL contest, with a $3,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 11,334,598. The patent is owned by SurgeTech, LLC, an NPE. The ‘598 patent generally relates to a computer-implemented method of managing online bookings for transportation services inventory. The patent has been asserted against Uber.

The contest will expire on October 1, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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Cine Graphics Solutions '587 prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 7,388,587 owned by Cine Graphic Solutions, an NPE and a subsidiary of Strategic Intellectual Solutions, LLC. The ‘587 patent generally relates to providing animation in electronic communications, such as emails and websites. The patent has been asserted against Motorola, Samsung, and Fujifilm.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

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$2,000 for Sales Transaction Systems prior art

On July 25, 2022, a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 5 of U.S. Patent 10,990,933, owned by Sales Transaction Systems, LLC, an NPE and Internet Promise Group entity. The ‘933 patent generally relates to a financial transaction system between a customer and a financial institution that facilitates the use of a mobile wireless device at an ATM in lieu of an ATM card. The patent is being asserted against Wells Fargo and Bank of America.

The contest will expire on October 31, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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Causam Enterprises patent likely invalid

On July 22, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 10,396,592. The ‘592 patent is owned by Causam Enterprises, Inc., an NPE. The ’592 patent relates to active load management systems and has been asserted in district court and the ITC against Ecobee, Resideo, Alarm.com, Xylem, and Itron.

View district court litigations by Causam Enterprises. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Michelle Aspen.